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Kyle Rittenhouse is a community lifeguard who was working in Kenosha the day of the shooting.Rittenhouse has had several high-profile legal teams offer to represent him, including the firm that defended the Covington students.
This simple fact destroys the narrative being peddled by the mainstream media that he had "crossed state lines" to harm the rioters.
In a statement by Rittenhouse's legal team at Pierce Bainbridge, provided to the Gateway Pundit, they explained that "after Kyle finished his work that day as a community lifeguard in Kenosha, he wanted to help clean up some of the damage, so he and a friend went to the local public high school to remove graffiti by rioters."
Additionally, the weapon Rittenhouse was using to protect himself and others never crossed state lines."Later in the day, they received information about a call for help from a local business owner, whose downtown Kenosha auto dealership was largely destroyed by mob violence," the statement continues. "Business owner needed help to protect what he had left of his life's work, including two nearby mechanic's shops. Kyle and a friend armed themselves with rifles due to the deadly violence gripping Kenosha and many other American cities, and headed to the business premises. The weapons were in Wisconsin and never crossed state lines."When Rittenhouse arrived at the mechanics shop, he and others stood guard to prevent further destruction. Later that night, long after the 8 p.m. curfew had passed, the police began to disperse a group of rioters. His lawyer, John M. Pierce, explains that while dispersing the mob, they maneuvered a mass of individuals down the street towards the auto shops. Rittenhouse and the others were threatened and taunted, but he did not react. "His intent was not to incite violence, but simply to deter property damage and use his training to provide first aid to injured community members," Pierce says.
After the situation seemed to be diffused, Rittenhouse became increasingly concerned about people who were injured at the gas station, so he went in that direction with his first aid kit. He helped those he could find who were injured, either by administering aid or directing them which way to go for help beyond what he could offer.
The statement says that by the final time that Rittenhouse returned to the gas station and "confirmed there were no more injured individuals who needed assistance, police had advanced their formation and blocked what would have been his path back to the mechanic's shop. Kyle then complied with the police instructions not to go back there. Kyle returned to the gas station until he learned of a need to help protect the second mechanic's shop further down the street where property destruction was imminent with no police were nearby.""As Kyle proceeded towards the second mechanic's shop, he was accosted by multiple rioters who recognized that he had been attempting to protect a business the mob wanted to destroy. This outraged the rioters and created a mob now determined to hurt Kyle. They began chasing him down. Kyle attempted to get away, but he could not do so quickly enough. Upon the sound of a gunshot behind him, Kyle turned and was immediately faced with an attacker lunging towards him and reaching for his rifle. He reacted instantaneously and justifiably with his weapon to protect himself, firing and striking the attacker," Pierce explains.Additionally, Rittenhouse stopped to ensure care for his attacker, hardly sounds like someone who had went to the riot with intent to kill.
"Kyle stopped to ensure care for the wounded attacker but faced a growing mob gesturing towards him. He realized he needed to flee for his safety and his survival. Another attacker struck Kyle from behind as he fled down the street. Kyle turned as the mob pressed in on him and he fell to the ground," his legal team says. "One attacker kicked Kyle on the ground while he was on the ground. Yet another bashed him over the head with a skateboard. Several rioters tried to disarm Kyle. In fear for his life and concerned the crowd would either continue to shoot at him or even use his own weapon against him, Kyle had no choice but to fire multiple rounds towards his immediate attackers, striking two, including one armed attacker. The rest of the mob began to disperse upon hearing the additional gunshots."
Rittenhouse then attempted to turn himself in, but was told to keep moving. He went and turned himself in to his local police that evening."Kyle got up and continued down the street in the direction of police with his hands in the air. He attempted to contact multiple police officers, but they were more concerned with the wounded attackers. The police did not take Kyle into custody at that time, but instead they indicated he should keep moving," the statement says. "He fully cooperated, both then and later that night when he turned himself in to the police in his hometown, Antioch, Illinois."The legal team says that "in a reactionary rush to appease the divisive, destructive forces currently roiling this country, prosecutors in Kenosha did not engage in any meaningful analysis of the facts, or any in-depth review of available video footage (some of which shows that a critical state's witness was not even at the area where the shots were fired); this was not a serious investigation. Rather, after learning Kyle may have had conservative political viewpoints, they immediately saw him as a convenient target who they could use as a scapegoat to distract from the Jacob Blake shooting and the government's abject failure to ensure basic law and order to citizens. Within 24-36 hours, he was charged with multiple homicide counts."
Rittenhouse is now being represented by some of the best legal minds in the country at Pierce Bainbridge, with help from Nicholas Sandmann's lawyer Lin Wood.
"A 17-year old child should not have to take up arms in America to protect life and property. That is the job of state and local governments. However, those governments have failed, and law-abiding citizens have no choice but to protect their own communities as their forefathers did at Lexington and Concord in 1775," Pierce said. "Kyle is not a racist or a white supremacist. He is a brave, patriotic, compassionate law-abiding American who loves his country and his community. He did nothing wrong. He defended himself, which is a fundamental right of all Americans given by God and protected by law. He is now in the crosshairs of institutional forces that are much more powerful than him. But he will stand up to them and fight not only for himself, but for all Americans and their beloved Constitution. We will never leave his side until he is victorious in that fight."
Lin Wood, the high-profile lawyer who represents Kentucky student Nick Sandmann, will defend Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old who was charged with killing two people during the riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin.Conservative groups have established a legal defense fund for Rittenhouse:
DailyMail.com reported a legal defense fund has been established by supporters who vow to "obtain justice" for him.
Wood wrote on Twitter: "Thanks to ALL Freedom Loving Americans who responded to requests for contact information on Kyle Rittenhouse. We have connected with Kyle's family & help is on the way. Kyle will have excellent legal representation. We owe him a legal defense."
A conservative student group called College Republicans United at Arizona State University is raising money for the teen suspected of killing two people and injuring another at a protest in Kenosha, Wis., this week.Rittenhouse has been granted a delay for his extradition hearing:
A judge on Friday granted Kyle Rittenhouse's request to delay his extradition hearing to September 25.
The Illinois judge postponed a decision on whether 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse should be returned to Wisconsin to face charges after he killed two men in what now appears to be acts of self defense, reported AP.
Rittenhouse was arrested on Wednesday and is currently being held at a Lake County juvenile center.
Noted attorney Lin Wood defended Rittenhouse and said the teen was acting in self defense.
"The DNC — I turned off...they didn't name any policies; it was just depression ... I'm voting for Trump," one caller stated.
"[President Trump] is fighting for Americans ... I used to be a Democrat...I've switched completely — I'm now Republican, voting Republican all the way. No more Democrat for me," another said.
Other callers noted that President Trump and the RNC's acknowledgment of the riots and violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin is what pushed them over the edge to change their vote.
"I'm from Minnesota, where all these riots and looting and the burning started, and, I mean, not a mention about us last week, about saving our communities, helping our homeless, rebuilding our businesses," said one woman. "This [Republican] convention, just in the last two nights, has awakened me that there is hope — that there are people that are willing to fight for us."
"I didn't vote for Trump, but I am now. Most definitely. The riots going on ... is that what we really want? I don't think so. It's amazing how the Democrat Party has changed," she added.
"The issue with Antifa - it's not just one singular group. It's a loosely knit organization that's very hard to define, very hard to define who's a part of it. I think what we see with them individually targeting law enforcement, individually targeting certain officials for certain reasons, that is the definition of domestic terrorism."There is a growing public concern regarding Antifa and its recurring involvement in violent incidents all over the US, and indeed, in Canada and in many other places in the world. Recently, even top brass at Facebook finally realized that Antifa were promoting violence, and shut down many of their accounts and groups.
Comment: What's even weirder about Biden's handlers pushing him into this critter's orbit is that they specifically chose her to be the man's first 'interviewer' of his entire campaign!
This time in 2016, Never-Trumpers were ranting about how "unpresidential" Trump was - and they certainly could make a valid case - but the candidate they today expect to unseat Trump is going way, WAY further 'out there' to 'make an impression on the American people'.
US Democratic Presidential candidate finally gives media interview... to vapid celebrity 'Cardi B'